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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Power Infrastructure"”.
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Power Infrastructure Requirements for Road Transport Electrification
… performs a systematic analysis of how proven power charging technologies could be used to unlock the barriers to widespread electrification of road transportation. Various road transport sectors and type of journeys are explored including aspects of autonomous operations and novel wireless …
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Risk Assessment and Optimal Response Strategies for Resilience of Electric Power Infrastructure to Extreme Weather
… weather is an increasingly critical threat to infrastructure systems. This thesis develops a stochastic modeling and decision-making framework for proactive resource allocation and response strategies to improve the resilience of electric power infrastructure in the wake of severe weather …
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PROMOTING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY DEPLOYMENT AND DIFFUSION FOR SUSTAINABLE CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE USING MULTI-AGENT BASED MODELING AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS
… significant benefits to consumers and broader power systems. DSG is sustainable, provides reliability, and is cost-effective where solar energy is abundant. However, the increasingly growing adoption of DSG creates uncertainties in forecasting electric power demand and market behavior. It also …
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Visual localisation of electricity pylons for power line inspection
Inspection of power infrastructure is a regular maintenance event. To date the inspection process has mostly been done manually, but there is growing interest in automating the process. The automation of the inspection process will require an accurate means for the localisation of the power …
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Digging for Growth? Which infrastructure development should African countries prioritise?
This study investigates the impact of infrastructure development on economic growth among 10 selected African countries over a period of 15 years from 2000 – 2015. The study uses panel data to analyse the effect of infrastructure components on economic growth. The findings show that infrastructure …
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The Contours of the Cloud: Dissecting the Real Estate Investment Decisions of Data Center Operators
… data center operators, with a focus on how key infrastructure characteristics influence data center development. Using a sequential econometric approach, the research applies both a logit and a hedonic model to evaluate the importance of various factors. The logit model explores the likelihood …
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Simultaneous Vibration Control and Energy Harvesting of Nonlinear Systems Applied to Power Lines
The resilience of power infrastructure against environmental challenges, particularly wind-induced vibrations, is crucial for ensuring the reliability and longevity of overhead power lines. This dissertation extends the development of the Mobile Damping Robot (MDR) as a novel solution for …
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Power-Adaptive Computing in Future Energy Networks
… There is increasing pressure to move away from power generation from fossil fuels, both due to ecological concerns and fear of dependencies on scarce natural resources. Increasing the share of decentralized generation from renewable sources is a widely accepted way to a more sustainable power …
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Utility business model innovation : a techno-economic and strategic analysis of distributed energy systems
… and efficient functioning of critical electric power infrastructure. Due to a variety of factors, including technological progress and policy goals, many electric power industry stakeholders believe the business model of electric utilities is on the precipice of unprecedented change. However, …
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Thermally Aware, Energy-Based Techniques for Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency
… model of the data center's cooling and power infrastructure. The simplified analysis was able to highlight the importance of considering the trade-off between low air supply temperature and increased airflow rate, as well as the deleterious effect of temperature non-uniformity at the …
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Comparative Analysis and Speciation of Sulfur K, L-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
… These compounds also impact steam generated power infrastructure such as those found in pressurized water reactors. The characterization of sulfur, which has a formal oxidation state ranging from -2 to +6, using K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy is particularly useful for determining …
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Understanding the Impacts of Extreme Weather on the Power Transmission Infrastructure: A Machine Learning Approach to Quantifying Risks and Enhancing Grid Resilience
… dissertation focuses on the resilience of power transmission infrastructure in tropical coastal environments, particularly in the face of extreme weather events such as hurricanes. The research is anchored on the case of the passage of Hurricane Maria in the Island of Puerto Rico in …
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Minimisation of Energy Consumption Variance in Manufacturing through Production Schedule Manipulation
… both physical and contractual limits, the local power infrastructure can only deliver a finite amount of electrical energy at any one time. As a consequence of not considering the energy usage during the scheduling process, this limited capacity can be inefficiently utilised or exceeded, …
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AI-based Detection Against Cyberattacks in Cyber-Physical Distribution Systems
… and communication systems with the traditional power grid has enabled better monitoring and control of the smart grid making it more reliable and resilient. This empowers the system operators to make informed decisions as a result of better system visibility. The grid has moved from a completely …
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Developing and Coordinating Autonomous Agents for Efficient Electricity Markets
… reasons, developing next generation electric power infrastructure is critical. Temporally relevant, granular data from smart meters provide new opportunities for data-driven management of the power grid. New developments—for example, electricity markets with multiple suppliers, the integration …
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Robust GPS-based timing for phasor measurement units based on single-receiver and multi-receiver position-information-aided vector tracking
… recent years there has been a major push by the power industry to utilize phasor measurement units (PMUs) for wide area monitoring and control. PMUs are considered to be one of the most critical technologies for the future and modernization of the power grid. This technology produces time-stamped …
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A Case Study on Grid Impacts of Electric Vehicles on New York City Power Grid
<p>The U.S. electric power industry is anticipating a huge increase in electricity demand in the future due to reformation of the transportation industry. In this work, we focus on electric cars and their impact on the transportation industry as well as the electric grid. The increase in number of …
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Reinforcement learning for power scheduling in a grid-tied pv-battery electric vehicles charging station
… system (DGBMS) which characterizes most modern power infrastructure. To perform power scheduling in such a DGBMS, stochastic variables such as load profile of the charging station, output profile of the RES and tariff profile of the utility must be considered at every decision step. The …
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Essays on the economics of renewable energy
… to follow in meeting its energy and electric power needs over the coming decades. This thesis describes and evaluates several of the major dimensions which will contribute to those decisions and see welfare improvements for individuals and society in Scotland. Chapter One presents the current …
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Essays on the Economics of Renewable Energy
… to follow in meeting its energy and electric power needs over the coming decades. This thesis describes and evaluates several of the major dimensions which will contribute to those decisions and see welfare improvements for individuals and society in Scotland. Chapter One presents the current …
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